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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 25, sentence 75

Accordingly the tents were pitched, and the princess entering hers whilst the prince was giving his further orders, removed her girdle, which she placed beside her, and desiring her women to leave her, lay down and was soon asleep.

Who acts: princess, further orders, girdle, Prince · What happens: pitch, enter, give, remove, place, desire · To what, where: tents, princess, further orders, girdle, women

This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, further orders, girdle, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

advmoddetnsubj:passaux:passpunctccdetnsubjaclobjcasedetoblauxconjnmod:possamodobjpunctacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctnsubjnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctccadvclnmod:possobjmarkadvclobjpunctconjadvmodcccopadvmodconjpunctrootAccordinglyADVtheDETtentsNOUNwereAUXpitchedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETprincessNOUNenteringVERBhersPRONwhilstSCONJtheDETprinceNOUNwasAUXgivingVERBhisPRONfurtherADJordersNOUN,PUNCTremovedVERBherPRONgirdleNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONshePRONplacedVERBbesideADPherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJdesiringVERBherPRONwomenNOUNtoPARTleaveVERBherPRON,PUNCTlayVERBdownADVandCCONJwasAUXsoonADVasleepADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AccordinglyaccordinglyADV_5 pitchedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 tentsdet
3tentstentNOUNNumber=Plur5 pitchednsubj:pass
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 pitchedaux:pass
5pitchedpitchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6,,PUNCT_16 givingpunct
7andandCCONJ_16 givingcc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 princessdet
9princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing16 givingnsubj
10enteringenterVERBVerbForm=Ger9 princessacl
11hersherPRONGender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 enteringobj
12whilstwhilstSCONJ_14 princecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 princedet
14princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing10 enteringobl
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 givingaux
16givinggiveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 pitchedconj
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 ordersnmod:poss
18furtherfurtherADJDegree=Pos19 ordersamod
19ordersorderNOUNNumber=Plur16 givingobj
20,,PUNCT_21 removedpunct
21removedremoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 ordersacl:relcl
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 girdlenmod:poss
23girdlegirdleNOUNNumber=Sing21 removedobj
24,,PUNCT_27 placedpunct
25whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel27 placednsubj
26sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 placednsubj
27placedplaceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 girdleacl:relcl
28besidebesideADP_29 hercase
29hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 placedobl
30,,PUNCT_32 desiringpunct
31andandCCONJ_32 desiringcc
32desiringdesireVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 givingadvcl
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 womennmod:poss
34womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur32 desiringobj
35totoPART_36 leavemark
36leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf32 desiringadvcl
37hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 leaveobj
38,,PUNCT_39 laypunct
39laylayVERBVerbForm=Inf36 leaveconj
40downdownADV_39 layadvmod
41andandCCONJ_44 asleepcc
42wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 asleepcop
43soonsoonADVDegree=Pos44 asleepadvmod
44asleepasleepADJDegree=Pos5 pitchedconj
45..PUNCT_5 pitchedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pitchpast · passivethe tentsaccordingly propertyvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2entergerundthe princess not said hereprincesswhilst the princevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme her=Destination
3givepast · progressivethe princessPrince's further ordersvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
4removepastPrince's further orders not said hereprincess's girdlevn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme
5placepastprincess's girdlebeside princessvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beside she=Destination
6desiregerundthe princess not said hereprincess's womenvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot woman=Theme
7leaveto-infinitivethe princess not said hereprincessvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
8lay downinfinitivethe princess not said heredown propertyvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9ispastasleep, soon propertytree rules
10orderPrincenom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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